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Civil procedure Ruling DAWASA1

Ruling DAWASA1

The memorandum of appeal is incompetent because the Solicitor General, through the State Attorney, intervened and signed the document without following the required procedure of formal notification and compliance with statutory provisions. This procedural defect goes to the root of the competence of the appeal.

  • Signing of pleadings
  • Representation by solicitor general
  • Preliminary objection
  • Competence of appeal
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Criminal law mawazo kanyazilajulius vs republic 2024 tzhc 294 13 february 2024

mawazo kanyazilajulius vs republic 2024 tzhc 294 13 february 2024

The High Court struck out a criminal appeal as incompetent because the notice of appeal was filed in Mwanza, while the petition was filed in Geita.

  • Notice of appeal
  • Jurisdiction
  • Procedural requirements
  • Competence of appeal
  • Notice-of-appeal
  • Criminal-appeals
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Land law plaza investment limited versus 24 hrs low price hyper supermarket 2023 tzhclandd 16852 31 august 2023

plaza investment limited versus 24 hrs low price hyper supermarket 2023 tzhclandd 16852 31 august 2023

The High Court struck out a land appeal as incompetent because the appellant omitted parties from the original tribunal case, creating a mismatch in party names.

  • Appeal procedure
  • Party misjoinder
  • Competence of appeal
  • Land-appeal
  • Competence-of-appeal
  • Party-misjoinder
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Land law mwanzatangu sudi versus dr sabas kimboka 2023 tzhclandd 16857 29 august 2023

mwanzatangu sudi versus dr sabas kimboka 2023 tzhclandd 16857 29 august 2023

The High Court struck out a land appeal as incompetent because the appellant failed to include all parties from the original tribunal case, breaking the link to the record.

  • Party identification
  • Appeal procedure
  • Competence of appeal
  • Land-law
  • Civil-procedure
  • Appeal-procedure
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Criminal law jerome lazaro mpombo vs the republic 2023 tzhc 19788 3 august 2023

jerome lazaro mpombo vs the republic 2023 tzhc 19788 3 august 2023

The High Court struck out a criminal appeal because the notice of intention to appeal named the wrong trial court, making the appeal incompetent.

  • Notice of intention to appeal
  • Competence of appeal
  • Procedural requirements
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Notice-of-intention-to-appeal
  • Appeal-competence
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Civil procedure george kihinja vs efc tanzania microfinance bank others 2023 tzhclandd 16481 26 may 2023

george kihinja vs efc tanzania microfinance bank others 2023 tzhclandd 16481 26 may 2023

The appeal is incompetent as it was lodged by a deceased person rather than the legal representative or administrator of the estate, contrary to statutory requirements and established case law.

  • Joinder of parties
  • Legal representative of deceased
  • Competence of appeal
  • Limitation of actions
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Criminal law Mawazo Kanyanzila Julius vs Republic

Mawazo Kanyanzila Julius vs Republic

The appeal is incompetent because the notice of appeal and petition of appeal were filed in different court registries, contrary to mandatory procedural requirements; no valid notice of appeal was filed at the High Court of Geita to support the petition of appeal.

  • Notice of appeal
  • Jurisdiction
  • Court registry
  • Competence of appeal
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Labour law lwiyiso joel magava tanzania telecommunications corporation ltd ttcl 2023 tzca 151 29 march 2023

lwiyiso joel magava tanzania telecommunications corporation ltd ttcl 2023 tzca 151 29 march 2023

The appeal was struck out as incompetent due to failure to serve the notice of appeal on the respondent as required by Rule 84(1) and for being lodged out of time without proof of service of the request for proceedings, thus not meeting the requirements for exclusion of time under Rule 90(3).

  • Service of notice of appeal
  • Time limitation for appeal
  • Competence of appeal
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